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Investment heads at big UK life companies Aviva and Phoenix Group explain how they are thinking about geopolitical and macroeconomic issues in today’s uncharted waters.

Asia's robust economic backdrop is driving Asia-Pacific asset owners to increase allocations to the region's fixed income markets as a source of stable returns, a new State Street Global Advisors survey finds.

New regulatory frameworks are driving the insurers’ tilt towards alternative investments.

Investor assertiveness is shaping more sustainable energy production in the region, the insurance group CIO says.

As the market eagerly awaits the next policy move from the Bank of Japan, domestic life insurers are assessing their asset allocations, especially in local government bonds, while eyeing other strategies.

Investors are trying to grapple with the right approach to tackle increased interest rates - a scenario that creates both challenges and opportunities, investment executives from different Korea asset owners say.

Market concerns and domestic regulatory changes are prompting Korean insurers to change asset preferences.

A long period with a struggling yen against the US dollar creates a challenge that the insurance companies seek to tackle, as risk concerns make overseas diversification necessary.

Ten insurers detailed their investment plans for the fiscal year ending March 2024, and one key takeaway was that they could pile more bets on local government bonds.

Two new frameworks are prompting South Korean insurance firms to rethink their investment priorities, industry experts tell AsianInvestor.

Tradeoffs must be re-assessed amid incoming regulatory changes as well as interest rate uncertainties, insurance executives from Swiss Re, Sun Life International and Manulife said.

Shifts in regulatory frameworks are demanding an expansion of skillsets beyond asset allocation, senior executives from Sun Life, Swiss Re and Manulife said at AsianInvestor’s Insurance Investment Briefing in Hong Kong.